Husband, Wife Waive Hearings on
Child Sex Abuse Charges

A husband and wife facing hundreds of charges related to sexual assault of children have waived their preliminary hearings.

51-year-old Warren Yerger and 34-year-old Leslie Yerger of Phoenixville, PA, are accused of abusing a 5-year-old boy and his 3-year-old sister starting back in 1989. When they all moved to McKean County the siblings were forced to have sex with each other, according to court records.

Police started their investigation in December after they got information about the abuse.

Warren Yerger’s ex-girlfriend 47-year-old year-old Deborah Keeley is also charged in the case. The three face more than 1,000 counts of child endangerment, rape, sexual assault, incest and conspiracy to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and related offenses.

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